A man is due to appear at court charged with sex offences during journeys on the 268 bus between Cleckheaton and Dewsbury.

Detective Constable Joe Aspinall from West Yorkshire Police said: "Anjan Shahzad (33) from Jeremy Lane in Heckmondwike has been charged with outraging public decency following an incident on the bus on the 19 June this year. He is also charged with two counts of sexual assault on an 18-year-old female on the 30 July and 19 August - also on the same 268 bus."

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An investigation has started after a woman's body was found under a car in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Officers and paramedics were called just after midnight to Prospect Street in Cleckheaton following a report that the lifeless body of a a woman had been found under a parked and unattended car. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She has not yet been formally identified.

A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst over the prescribed limit and released on bail.

"This investigation is in its early stages and we are still establishing the circumstances of the incident. We are keen to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity of Prospect Street around this time who has any information which could aid the ongoing investigation."

Police have released an e-fit image after a woman was duped out of money in Cleckheaton.

A man approached the 66-year-old woman saying he worked for a garden centre, and asked if she would like to buy plants or wanted any gardening work doing.

She agreed for him to carry out some fencing work and paid a cash deposit. However, he never turned up and it became clear he did not work for the garden centre he claimed.

The E fit has been released in the hope of tracing the man.

PC Nick O’Meila of the Spen Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "We are continuing enquiries into this offence and I would remind residents that you are under no obligation to ever agree to work proposed by a cold caller or let them into your homes.

"All callers who claim to be from organisations should carry ID and should be happy for you to contact someone to confirm their identity."

A couple are to appear in court this morning, charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter, after her body was found at a house in Cleckheaton. The discovery was made in a first floor flat on Foldings Avenue on Monday.

Nineteen-year-old Lucy Damen and 21-year old Daniel Sheard have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of four-month-old Kayleigh Mai Sheard.